Art

  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Budai
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Gazelle
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Praying Priest
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Padmasambhava
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Travel Shrine
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Stupa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Four Excursions
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Hotei
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas

Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas

This scroll shows the great Tibetan tantric master Padmasambhava. He is said to have travelled to Tibet in the 8th century in order to establish Buddhism there. Legend has it that he first conquered the demons and deities of the reigning Bon faith and forced them to serve as protectors of Buddhism from then on. Here he is displayed as a high-ranking teacher and founder of the Nyingma School. The figure is depicted in a lively fashion and with much attention to detail. Padmasambhava is embedded in a landscape of mountains and flowers and surrounded by several deities.